School of Eugene Delacroix* (French, 1798-1863)

Property from the Estate ofBENJAMIN ESTERMAN

Details

School of Eugene Delacroix* (French, 1798-1863)

La Costume d'Orient

bears artist's seal on the reverse--oil on paper set into panel
13¼ x 8 5/8in. (33.7 x 21.9cm.)

Provenance

Delacroix's posthumous sale, Feb.1864, part of lot 188 (trois etudes de costumes d'hommes de l'Orient', without dimensions),
Probably to Prevost
M.Mercier, by Dec. 1875.

Literature

Alfred Robaut, L'Oeuvre Complet de Delacroix, Paris, 1885, pg. 26, no. 78
Lee Johnson, Paintings by Eugene Delacroix, vol. 1, pg. 187, L. 46

Lot Essay

A picture that was claimed to be R78 passed in a sale at the Hotel Drout on June 23, 1958, lot 112 (Costume d'Orient, Carton parquete, 33 x 23cm.)

This painting was included in Lee Johnson's catalogue raisonne as a genuine Delacroix, however he has later rejected it in his supplement. (see vol. VI. pg. 199, L.46)

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